Lee Styslinger III

Lee J. Styslinger III (born 1961) is the chairman and chief executive officer of Altec, Inc. Altec designs, produces, and markets equipment "for the electric and telecommunications industries" in around 100 countries. He serves on various boards and committees.

Lee Joseph Styslinger III was born in 1961 in Birmingham, Alabama. He earned an undergraduate degree from Northwestern University in 1983 and a MBA from Harvard University in 1988.

In 1983, Styslinger started his career at Altec, Inc.—a company his grandfather founded in 1929. He became President in 1994 and was named CEO in 1997, and now serves as Chairman and CEO of Altec, Inc., the Holding Company for Altec Industries, Capital Services, National Equipment Company, Altec Worldwide, Global Rental, and Altec Ventures. In 2012, Styslinger was named one of the most influential people in Birmingham by the Birmingham Business Journal.

He is on the board of directors of Workday, Regions Financial Corporation (RF), and Vulcan Materials Company (VM). He is a member of The Business Roundtable and The Business Council. He serves on the dean’s board of advisers for Harvard Business School and on the board of advisors for Northwestern University. Styslinger is also a trustee and board member for the Children’s Hospital of Alabama.

From 2006 to 2008, Styslinger served as an appointee on the President’s Export Council, where he advised then-President George W. Bush on trade policy. He became a member of President Donald Trump’s Manufacturing Council in February 2017, focused on Workforce Policy, Deregulation and Infrastructure. He is also on the Council on Foreign Relations, where he is part of the independent task force behind "The Work Ahead," a report on workforce changes.

In April 2020, Styslinger was selected to be part of the Great American Economic Revival Advisory Council assembled by President Trump. This council was established to lead the reopening of the US economy in the wake up the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2006 Styslinger became one of thirty trustees for the United States Ski and Snowboard Association, and in September 2014 he joined the board of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. A member of the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, he is also a part of the Masters Tournament committee and involved with events such as the Latin America Amateur Championship. In early February 2014, he was paired with Steven Bowditch at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. He is part of the ownership team behind the newly formed professional soccer team Birmingham Legion FC (United Soccer League) for Birmingham, Alabama. The team became active in 2019.

As of 2017 Styslinger lives in Birmingham, Alabama.